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Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine
Commentary, October, 17 2010
Norman Solomon
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Take it from David Axelrod. “Almost the entire Republican margin is based on the enthusiasm gap,” the president’s senior adviser said last week. “And if Democrats come out in the same turnout as Republicans, it’s going to be a much different elect...
Solomon: No, Higher Consciousness Won’t Save Us
Commentary, September, 24 2010
Norman Solomon
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Autumn 2010 is a time of disillusionment for many who deplore the USA’s current political trajectory. Some who’ve been active for progressive causes are now gravitating toward hope that individual actions -- in tandem with higher consciousness, mo...
Solomon: Tea Party, Not Progressives Make a Statement
Video, September, 21 2010
Norman Solomon
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In an interview with The Real News, Norman Solomon, a member the national advisory committee Progressive Democrats of America, said that rather than forsaking the Democratic party for grassroots progressive movements, the two should be used simult...
Solomon: A Speech for Endless War
Commentary, September, 06 2010
Norman Solomon
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On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.
Solomon: Gen. Petraeus Goes to Media War
Commentary, August, 17 2010
Norman Solomon
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It’s already history. In mid-August 2010, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan launched a huge media campaign to prevent any substantial withdrawal of military forces the next summer.
Solomon: Unanimous Conformity in the Senate
Commentary, July, 03 2010
Norman Solomon
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Every living senator voted Wednesday to approve Gen. David Petraeus as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
Solomon: From Great Man to Great Screwup: Behind the McChrystal Uproar
Commentary, June, 24 2010
Norman Solomon
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When the wheels are coming off, it doesn’t do much good to change the driver.
Solomon: Israel and Harman in Tandem: From High Seas to Airwaves
Commentary, June, 05 2010
Norman Solomon
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When Israel attacked the Gaza aid flotilla, Congresswoman Jane Harman was engaged in a parallel assault. Israel’s government relied on the efficacy of violence; Harman’s campaign was counting on the power of paid media. In both cases, the targets ...
Solomon: A Bomber Jacket Doesn't Cover the Blood
Commentary, April, 02 2010
Norman Solomon
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President Obama has taken a further plunge into the kind of war abyss that consumed predecessors named Johnson, Nixon and Bush.
Solomon: Zero Public Option + One Mandate = Disaster
Commentary, March, 19 2010
Norman Solomon
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Not long ago, the most prominent supporters of the public option were touting it as essential for healthcare reform. Now, suddenly, it's incidental.
Solomon: Dollars for Death, Pennies for Life
Commentary, February, 16 2010
Norman Solomon
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When the U.S. military began a major offensive in southern Afghanistan over Presidents Day weekend, the killing of children and other civilians was predictable. Lofty rhetoric aside, such deaths come with the territory of war and occupation.
Solomon: Democrats Boosting Right-Wing Populism
Commentary, January, 21 2010
Norman Solomon
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In his triumphant speech on election night, the next senator from Massachusetts should have thanked top Democrats in Washington for all they did to make his victory possible.
Solomon: Flares in the Political Dark
Znet Article, December, 26 2009
Norman Solomon
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The winter solstice of 2009 arrived as a grim metaphor for the current politics of healthcare, war and a lot more. “In a dark time,†wrote the poet Theodore Roethke, “the eye begins to see.â€
Solomon: Mr. President, War Is Not Peace
Commentary, December, 12 2009
Norman Solomon
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Eloquence in Oslo cannot change the realities of war.
Solomon: The War Stampede
Commentary, November, 22 2009
Norman Solomon
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Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington’s ambassador in Kabul, former four-star general Karl Eikenberry, has cautioned against adding more t...
Solomon: Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan
Commentary, November, 17 2009
Norman Solomon
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There's a significant new straw in the political wind for President Obama to consider. The California Democratic Party has just sent him a formal and clear message: Stop making war in Afghanistan
Solomon: The Next Phase of Healthcare Apartheid
Znet Article, November, 06 2009
Norman Solomon
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At this point, only spinners who've succumbed to their own vertigo could use the word "robust" to describe the public option in the healthcare bill that the House Democratic leadership has sent to the floor.
Solomon: Uncle Sam in Afghanistan: Good Help Is Hard to Find
Commentary, October, 23 2009
Norman Solomon
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Almost eight years after choosing Hamid Karzai to head the Afghan government, Uncle Sam would like to give him a pink slip. But it’s not easy. And the grim fiasco of Afghanistan’s last election is shadowing the next.
Solomon: Starting Another Year of War in Afghanistan
Commentary, October, 02 2009
Norman Solomon
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October 2009 has begun with the New York Times reporting that "the president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in a windowless basement room of the White House for t...
